South Asian Sufis

Charles M. Ramsey is Director of University Institute Center for Islamic Studies, New Delhi, India. Clinton Bennett teaches Religious Studies at the State University of New York at New Paltz, and at Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA.

• Notes on Contributors / Acknowledgments / Introduction: South Asian Sufis, continuity, complexity and change Clinton Bennett / 1. Iran's Role in Stimulating South Asian Islam Clinton Bennett / 2. A model of Sufi training in the 21st century: a Case Study of the Qadiriyya in Hyderabad Mauro Valdinoci / 3. Understanding the Philosophy of Spirituality at Shrines inPakistan Hafeez-ur-Rehman Chaudhry / 4. Spiritual Power and 'Threshold' Identities: The Mazars of Sayyid Pir Waris Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai Uzma Rehman / 5. Du'a: popular culture and powerful blessing at the 'urs Pnina Werbner / 6. Guthe sufi centre of Jhok Sharif in Sindh (Pakistan):questioning the ziyarat as a social process Michel Boivin / 7. When Sufi tradition reinvents Islamic modernity - The Minhaj-ul Qur'an, a neo-Sufi order in Pakistan Alix Philippon / 8. Making the Case for Sainthood in Modern Bangladesh: Narrative Strategies and the Presentation of Holiness in the Life of Zia ul-Haqq Maizbhandari Sarwar Alam / 9. Ahmad Sirhindi: Nationalist hero, good Sufi, or bad Sufi Arthur Buehler / 10. Encountering the Unholy: the Establishment of Political Parties by Sufi Masters in Modern Bangladesh Sarwar Alam / 11. The Transformation and Development of South Asian Sufis in Britain Ron Geaves / 12. Rishiwaer: Kashmir, the Garden of the Saints Charles M. Ramsey / 13. Bangladeshi Sufism - an interfaith bridge Clinton Bennett / 14. A Garden amidst the Flames: The Categorical Imperative of Sufi Wisdom Hugh van Skyhawk / 15. South Asian Sufism in America Marcia Hermansen / 16. Sufis and Social Activism: a Chishti Response to Communal Strife in India Today Kelly Pemberton / Conclusion: South Asian Sufis, devotion, deviation, and destiny Charles M. Ramsey / Bibliography / Index